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Track Listings
| 1. I'm Feelin' It |
| 2. Philosophy/Religion/College/Language |
| 3. Creativity In Action/I'm In The Mood For Love |
| 4. A Wild And Crazy Guy |
| 5. A Charitable Kind Of Guy |
| 6. An Expose |
| 7. Cat Handcuffs |
| 8. You Native Americans |
| 9. My Real Name |
| 10. King Tut |
Editorial Reviews
This 1978 album made Martin a national star with the song King Tut !
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
28 of 32 people found the following review helpful
By Michael Daly
Format:Audio CD
Steve Martin's second comedy LP begins somewhat inauspiciously and then segues to a more raucous performance before an audience as wild & crazy as the titular Festrunk brother.
W&CG begins at The Boardinghouse nightclub in San Francisco; the first three tracks sound like outtake material from the Let's Get Small performances. Here, though, Steve sports a rougher, less inhibited edge, such as when he boasts that he gets his drinks at half-price. He runs down a list of bogus books he's authored - the funniest is How To Get Along With Everyone, which he coauthored with someone he doesn't get along with - and then pontificates on language in his own inimitable fashion.
He tackles language again late in the second track amid pieces on philosophy, religion (Steve finds that The Lord has tallied the times he's used His name in vein, and it numbers 1,000,006), and college - feeling humiliated over the greatness of Leonardo Da Vinci, Steve takes up juggling, then outlines a dirty trick to play on impressionable three-year-olds and comments on his awkward negotiation with the French language during a recent vacation to Paris.
After denouncing the audience as paranoid, Steve does a nice banjo riff before mangling a portion of I'm In The Mood For Love.
The opening minute of track Four takes place at The Boardinghouse with a bogus financial disclosure by Steve; when he notes his desire to sell out a show at $800 per ticket, we then segue to the far more raucous atmosphere of Red Rocks in Denver, where Steve goes into his Festrunk brother routine. He resumes his Festrunk identity when he lectures Americans on their naive methods regarding dating.... Read more ›
W&CG begins at The Boardinghouse nightclub in San Francisco; the first three tracks sound like outtake material from the Let's Get Small performances. Here, though, Steve sports a rougher, less inhibited edge, such as when he boasts that he gets his drinks at half-price. He runs down a list of bogus books he's authored - the funniest is How To Get Along With Everyone, which he coauthored with someone he doesn't get along with - and then pontificates on language in his own inimitable fashion.
He tackles language again late in the second track amid pieces on philosophy, religion (Steve finds that The Lord has tallied the times he's used His name in vein, and it numbers 1,000,006), and college - feeling humiliated over the greatness of Leonardo Da Vinci, Steve takes up juggling, then outlines a dirty trick to play on impressionable three-year-olds and comments on his awkward negotiation with the French language during a recent vacation to Paris.
After denouncing the audience as paranoid, Steve does a nice banjo riff before mangling a portion of I'm In The Mood For Love.
The opening minute of track Four takes place at The Boardinghouse with a bogus financial disclosure by Steve; when he notes his desire to sell out a show at $800 per ticket, we then segue to the far more raucous atmosphere of Red Rocks in Denver, where Steve goes into his Festrunk brother routine. He resumes his Festrunk identity when he lectures Americans on their naive methods regarding dating.... Read more ›
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
For any who want to see Steve Martin at his rocketing beginnings (when some of us thought he would ONLY be a standup comic) this is a great companion piece to "Let's Get Small." Though that cd sounds like a club date, this has some material not used on that first cd, along with live "stadium" stuff that Martin did following the first cd.
I actually saw him opening night at the Universal Amphetheater, with opening band THE BLUES BROS. - whose "Briefcase Full of Blues" was recorded later that week at these string of shows.
Funny stuff here, some of it dated, but if you were a fan at the time, or if you never heard Martin stand up you will like this. "King Tut" is great and should never be forgotten...it is worth the price of this cd alone!
I actually saw him opening night at the Universal Amphetheater, with opening band THE BLUES BROS. - whose "Briefcase Full of Blues" was recorded later that week at these string of shows.
Funny stuff here, some of it dated, but if you were a fan at the time, or if you never heard Martin stand up you will like this. "King Tut" is great and should never be forgotten...it is worth the price of this cd alone!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By ssj
Format:Audio CD
This is one of the best, no the VERY BEST Steve Martin work from my point of view. I recently gotten ahold of A Wild and Crazy Guy CD and it brought back some very veeeerrrry funny memories from when it first came out in 1978. I was very young and to this day, I still hear King Tut rolling in my head. I can't go anywhere without hearing this on my headset and not laugh myself silly walking down the street to which people may think I'm crazy. This is a good CD to have if you favor people other than Eddie Murphy, George Carlin, or Richard Pryor among others.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By J. McAndrew
Format:Audio CD
This was a GREAT college album. After seeing its ranking on Amazon, it sounds like it's still doing well. That is amazing.
Martin's humor was a great way to get through tense college days. He is in a world all of his own, but it is an interesting world, that's for sure.
Martin's humor was a great way to get through tense college days. He is in a world all of his own, but it is an interesting world, that's for sure.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
I have not had a chance to check out other Steve Martin releases yet, but this one has convinced me to go out and get them all. The stuff is still as fresh and funny as it was when it came out, and I feel tons better finally knowing where the famous "I just want a girl with a good head on her shoulders" tirade came from. After Bill Hicks' work, this has to be my 2nd favorite comedy release.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Garth Shaw
Format:Audio CD
In May of 1978 we finally got to play the main room at Harrah's in Lake Tahoe. Bill Harrah, like Steve Wynn, ran a class act hotel. An ordinary room at Harrah's had two bathrooms in every room and a TV in every bathroom. Imagine what the suites were like, not to mention the view of the lake and the fresh air. They were all second to none. The first time we played the main room, Kenny (Rogers) was the opening act for Steve Martin, who was still doing stand-up in those days. As anyone who's ever seen Kenny's show knows, he gives out a handful of autographed tambourines during the first song of every show and asks the recipients of his gifts to play along. No one thought to explain this to Steve Martin. The people with the tambourines couldn't keep them quiet during his monologue, and this distracted him too much to continue. But he was able to come up with a solution. The "Wild and Crazy Guy" jumped off the stage, ran through the audience, threw open the doors to the showroom, and ran through the casino screaming, "They're playing tambourines. They're playing tambourines, drain the lake!" -- Garth Shaw
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By brett
Format:Audio CD
first off i love what he did on SNL and hes just as goofy and funny on the album.and if you dont like steve martin...thats ok. but if you do...this is most definately worth the money
By D. Carricato
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Some of these bits will go down as the funniest ever recorded. It's a classic disc for anyone with an adult sense of humor.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Steve Martin
the CD is excellent. I will not stop laughing, and find life funny and more interesting because of this charminh man.
Published 11 days ago by Carol M. Abramoff
5.0 out of 5 stars
More comedy jokes
A classic. I always loved this and have been quoting it for all these years since the album came out. I decided I needed to hear it again. It was worth it.
Published 1 month ago by Jenny Beatrice
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant Comedy
I simply love this album. Steve goes all over the place, and while some tracks are not quite as strong ("My Real Name"), the entire album is just hilarious. Read more
Published 5 months ago by rkade5150
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fulfilled expectations.
This product was a good purchase. Price was right and it was shipped quickly. I am happy with this purchase.
Published 5 months ago by Kyla Dvorak
5.0 out of 5 stars
CRAZY GUY
WONDERFUL CD. HAS A SONG ON THERE IS WAS LOKKING FOR. THE SONG KING TUT. IT WAS HARD TO FIND. IF YOU LIKE OR EVEN LOVE STEVE MARTIN. THIS IS A VERY GOOD CD.
Published 5 months ago by barbara brown
4.0 out of 5 stars
wild & crazy guy
if you like ventage steve martin you'll love this,half done in nightclubs the other half done in concert live,make no mistake steve martin is at his best & funnest with bits... Read more
Published 9 months ago by JERRY
5.0 out of 5 stars
Steve Crazytime Martin
This is a funny album. My favorite part is when he sang his hit song King Tut at the end and tacked his well excuuuss meee catchphrase onto it. Read more
Published 12 months ago by christmas lover
3.0 out of 5 stars
Hit and Miss
I love some of Steve's movies and decided to give his stand-up a go. Well...it's occasionally funny. The material is a bit dated, too. Read more
Published on October 17, 2010 by Riaan
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not quite Brilliant...
Recently I listened to Steve Martin's touching autobiography Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life & was eager to get into his stand-up material (which I'd never even heard of before... Read more
Published on October 5, 2010 by Magic Lemur
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not funny like I remembered it
This came out when I was in college. I remember listening to it in a friend's dorm room and laughing out loud. Read more
Published on August 29, 2010 by H. Phillips
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